‘Thanks for calling Tesco bank,’ said the voice, before rather lavishly promising to get me to a member of the team who was going to help me.
This wasn’t quite how it turned out, although I would say, up until the moment I asked to change my address I was a very satisfied customer.
If any of these questions did not suit me, I would be allowed to object, he said, as though reading me my rights
This credit card has a very reasonable interest rate, and a nice big limit.

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